Visiting booming Bac Ninh

The Future Southeast Asia Newsletter features transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia, edited by James Clark.

I was in Hanoi last week, and while I was there I took a side trip to Bac Ninh province. Investment in new factories has been pouring into Bac Ninh, and this is evident by the booming Chinatown/Koreatown in the city of Bac Ninh.

While there has been a lot of news about factories setting up in Bac Ninh, I was interested to see how the cities are developing. This week’s article is a fact sheet of what is planned for Bac Ninh, including landmark buildings, new urban areas, and future transport plans.

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Bac Ninh province is located in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. The province is to the east of Hanoi and is considered as part of the Hanoi Capital Region.

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